20,000 British pilgrims to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia
The British consulate in Jeddah has said 20,000 pilgrims will arrive to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj later this month. Deputy Consul General Kabir Rahman…
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Rouhani: Iran cannot talk to US while under sanctions
US sanctions against Iran took effect on Tuesday, a move certain to worsen the lives of ordinary Iranians, as President Hassan Rouhani described the controversial reimposition as…
Azerbaijan’s president expresses condolences to Indonesian counterpart
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has expressed condolences to Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo. “I was deeply saddened by the news of heavy casualties and destructions as…
Mauritania voices solidarity with Saudi Arabia in Canada row
Mauritania has voiced its solidarity with Saudi Arabia to confront “Canada’s interference in its internal affairs” and defend its sovereignty. “Mauritania believes that interfering in…
Escalating sanctions could cripple Turkey’s economy
Last week, the US Treasury announced sanctions against two Turkish cabinet ministers over the detention of an American pastor. This did not come as a…
IS kills one of dozens of hostages in southern Syria
The Islamic State jihadist group has executed one of dozens of Druze hostages abducted from Syria’s southern province of Sweida last week, a journalist in the area and a monitor said…
Turkey to freeze assets of 2 US officials as retaliation
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president said Saturday the country will freeze the assets of two United States officials in retaliation for sanctions against Turkey’s justice…
Iran holds ex-central bank deputy for alleged economic crimes
Iran has arrested seven people including a former deputy central bank governor and five foreign exchange dealers for alleged economic crimes, the judiciary said on…
Saudi Arabia unveils 2018 pilgrimage media plan
Saudi Culture and Information Minister Awwad Alawwad on Friday unveiled the kingdom’s pilgrimage media plan for 2018 (year 1439 on the Hijri calendar). Alawwad unveiled…
Palestinians converge along Gaza-Israel buffer zone
Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators on Friday returned to the Gaza-Israel buffer zone, where for the last four months they have been staging regular anti-occupation rallies….